LCP cleans beaches from Venice to the Ritz

by Dana Kimsey

The League for Coastside Protection hosted a successful beach cleanup last Saturday, October 21 at Francis State Park.  Environmental foundations, such as Surfrider, supported the effort and 97 people from all over the community attended, many of them teenage volunteers.  This crew cleaned from the Ritz to Venice Beach and then started on the Coastside trail.  The beaches needed the locals’  help after the Pumpkin Festival - and it got that many times over.

"The League was so delighted with the effort, we hope to expand our cleanup efforts to the Midcoast beaches next," says Dana Kimsey, event coordinator.

Part of our mission statement is "We defend the coast by supporting those who uphold the spirit and substance of the California Coastal Act.  As residents, we certainly did that."  Should you care to participate more in the League for Coastside Protection, call (650) 726-9280.

"Community services such as these get right to the heart of the matter," Kimsey says.  "We love the coast."

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Lana Ellis

Lana Ellis